# January 27 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[[spoken/730127bg.cal|Bg 7.1 — January 27, 1973, Calcutta]]** **Prabhupāda:** We are reciting from *Bhagavad-gītā,* Seventh Chapter [[bg/7/1|[Bg. 7.1] ]]. The *yoga* system is called attachment for Kṛṣṇa, or *kṛṣṇa-yoga.* *Yoga* means connecting, link, and if we always keep ourself connecting link with Kṛṣṇa, then we become the topmost *yogī.* There are many kinds of *yogīs.* Generally the *yogīs,* they think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead always within the heart. *Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti 'yaṁ yoginaḥ* [[sb/12/13/1|[SB. 12.13.1] ]]. This is the *yogī's* business. *Yogī's* business does not mean simply have some gymnastic or bodily exercise and keep the body fit for sense enjoyment. That is not the purpose of *yoga. Yoga* means connecting. We are now..., or we are now disconnected. Or it is not disconnected; we are now forgotten our intimate relationship with God. We cannot be disconnected. That is not possible. Because we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, there cannot be disconnection. Just like father and son. The son may go out of home, forget his father and mother for many years, but the connection between the son and the father and the mother is never disconnected. That is not possible. As soon as the son comes home, although the son was absent for many, many years, the father receives him, the mother receives him with affection. And immediately the paternal relationship, affection, immediately established. This is our position. We are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. When I speak "Kṛṣṇa," means God. You know, all. It is not very difficult for Indians. So because we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, there cannot be disconnection. Therefore it is a stage of forgetfulness. Instead of loving Kṛṣṇa, we have expanded our love for so many things. Somebody's loving his body, somebody's loving his family, somebody's loving his society, community, nation, or the human society. We are trying to... We must love. There is no escape. I must love somebody, because the propensity's there. --- **[[spoken/730127nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion — January 27, 1973, Calcutta]]** **Mādhavānanda:** I ended on the second paragraph. It's right here. "The *vaiśyas* are meant for pro..." **Mādhavānanda:** "The *vaiśyas* are meant for producing agricultural products, trading them and distributing them. And the working class, or *śūdras,* are those who haven't the intelligence of the *brāhmaṇas* or the *kṣatriyas* or the *vaiśyas,* and therefore they are meant to help these higher classes by bodily labor. In this way, there is full cooperation and spiritual advancement amongst all the different orders of society. And when there is no such cooperation, the members of society will fall down. That is the present position..." **Prabhupāda:** Yes. That is everywhere. Even in, in our Society, Kṛṣṇa conscious Society, if there is no mutual cooperation, then it will fall down immediately. So as Rūpa Gosvāmī advises, the first thing is enthusiasm, *utsāhāt. Utsāhāt dhairyāt tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt...* [*Upadeśāmṛta* 3] --- **[[spoken/750127bg.tok|Bg 16.7 — January 27, 1975, Tokyo]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] Chapter Sixteen, verse seven. "Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them." **Nitāi:** "I**n every civilized human society there is some set of scriptural rules and regulations which is followed from the beginning, especially among the Āryans, those who adopt the Vedic civilization and who are known as the most advanced civilized peoples. Those who do not follow the scriptural injunctions are supposed to be demons. Therefore it is stated here that the demons do not know the scriptural rules, nor do they have any inclination to follow them." --- **[[spoken/750127r1.tok|Room Conversation — January 27, 1975, Tokyo]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...flowers, fruits, and temperature is changing. It is rotating. Very fixed up, very timely. How can you say there is no control? How can you say? The animals cannot say, but any human being can say, "Yes, there is control. Otherwise how things are going on like this?" [break] ...convince him there is surely controller. Convince him. [break] ...to beginning of this chapter that there is no controller. *Asatyam jagad āhur anīśvaram* [[bg/16/8|[Bg. 16.8] ]]. Where is that verse, find out. *Jagad āhur anīśvaram.* **Nitāi:** "They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust." --- **[[spoken/770127r1.bhu|Room Conversation — January 27, 1977, Bhubaneswar]]** --- **[[spoken/770127r1.pur|Room Conversation — January 27, 1977, Jagannātha Purī]]** --- **[[spoken/770127r2.bhu|Room Conversation — January 27, 1977, Bhubaneswar]]** --- **[[spoken/770127r2.pur|Room Conversation with Two Indian Guests — January 27, 1977, Jagannātha Purī]]** **Indian man (1):** Still, actually, with this nonviolence method, we could get them, I mean, get the Britishers out from India. **Prabhupāda:** No, it is circumstantial. Circumstantially means the Britishers were not at all concerned about the non... They knew that "We..." **Prabhupāda:** Yes. No. They knew that "We are not going. So long the nonviolence is there, we are safe." They were occasionally calling Gandhi and patting him: "Sir, why you are doing this? Let us compromise," because he knew that "So long nonviolence will continue, we are safe." But Subhas Bose's protest was that "If you don't take to nonviolence, then these people are never going." That was the difference of opinion between Subhas Bose and... So when he was taking the Congress in hand, Gandhi became so angry that Subhas Bose, being elected President, Gandhi did not attend the Congress. So other workers, he requested Subhas Bose that "You resign. Otherwise Gandhi will not." So he resigned. He done right. And then he thought that "Unless I go out of India, I cannot do anything." Then he managed to go out of India, and Singapore, he... Indians, with their help and Hitler's and Tojo's help, he organized this INA. And when the Britishers saw that "Now the soldiers are joining national movement, then we cannot rule over," then they decided, "Let us make some compromise, and as much possible, do harm. Divide this India, Pakistan and India, and go away." This is fact. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1969/690127_anuradha_tulsi.md|Letter to Anuradha Tulsi, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700127_acyutananda.md|Letter to Acyutananda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700127_gajendra.md|Letter to Gajendra, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700127_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710127_paramananda.md|Letter to Paramananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710127_satyabhama.md|Letter to Satyabhama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710127_sukadeva.md|Letter to Sukadeva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/730127_dayananda_nandarani.md|Letter to Dayananda Nandarani, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730127_marie_priterel.md|Letter to Marie Priterel, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730127_turya.md|Letter to Turya, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1975/750127_bhagavan.md|Letter to Bhagavan, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760127_jnanagamya.md|Letter to Jnanagamya, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760127_revatinandana.md|Letter to Revatinandana, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760127_sri_ajita_kumar_chatterjee.md|Letter to Sri Ajita Kumar Chatterjee, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760127_sri_birendra_kisora_roy.md|Letter to Sri Birendra Kisora Roy, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760127_sri_gunendunath_chaudhury.md|Letter to Sri Gunendunath Chaudhury, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1977/770127_citraketu_das.md|Letter to Citraketu Das, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770127_iskcon_temple_presidents.md|Letter to Iskcon Temple Presidents, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770127_vidyapati.md|Letter to Vidyapati, 1977]]